Piero's Wiicross v0.1: Picross homebrew for the Wii |
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There are very few Wiibrew games that make me go "wow." I have to say that this new one from Scognito is one of those games. From the looks of the screenshots alone, a lot of love and effort was put into the making of this game.
This game is called Piero's Wiicross, a Picross game for the Wii. In case you missed out on Nintendo's franchise, Picross is a nonogram puzzle game where you have to fill in squares in a grid according to clues given on the sides of the grid. The filled-in squares will eventually make a picture.
Although all the grids are only 15x15 in size, the game does offer a whopping 59 levels. Pretty well done for a homebrew game. It also features two game modes: Normal, and Free. Normal mode alerts you when you're coloring in the wrong cell, and a penalty is given. In Free mode, a penalty is only given when you finish the puzzle incorrectly.
You can also customize the game with your own music and themes. Here are the instructions from Scognito:
Music
Put your favourite songs in the “res/music” directory (for example if you use the homebrew channel it is apps/wiicross/res/music), then select “Custom” from the options menu.
Note: Music must be in ogg format! No, IÂ’m not an opensource devote: simply sndlib does not support MP3, and libogc support for them is screwed. Also res directory on GameCube must be put on the root of the SD!
Themes
A theme is composed by the following images
- background.png (640 x 480 pixels)
- filled.png (image to show when a cell is drawn)
- marked.png (image to show when a cell is marked)
- title.png (the title to show in the option screen for selecting your theme)
For helping in drawing a theme, there is a template on the project page. It also contains a psd (photoshop) and a xcf (gimp) containing layers, helpful for drawing the background, since some part of it are used for painting the timer and the preview.
Download: Piero's Wiicross v0.1
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This has to be one of the best looking homebrew games I've seen.
My only "wonder" is how well it will play with the wiimote.
Looks very good. I had to double check if it was homebrew or commercial! I used to love doing these... will load this one up and give it a go for sure.